Stage 8 of the Vuelta a Espaa is seeing the first summit finish of the race since Pico Villuercas. The hilly and hot stage today will lead into Cazorla where the GC riders will have another battle for important seconds, whilst the stage win can also be up for grabs if a strong breakaway doesn't tak...

Juan Ayuso has had a rather complicated season with UAE Team Emirates due to the internal criticism received within the Emirati squad for his performance and subsequent withdrawal in the last Tour de France. Despite not completing the Grande Boucle, they decided to leave him out of the Vuelta a Espa...

Six per cent of Brits reckon they could qualify for the 2028 Olympic Road Race, me (and my Mum) set out to see if they're right we're not even going to need a spolier alert

Alejandro Valverde is spending a few days in the Vuelta a Espaa, as it passes close to home in Murcia, and has been keeping up with the ins and outs of Movistar Team and it's leader Enric Mas who provides a lot of optimism to the former pro that the team can fight for the win in it's home Grand Tou...

It may have been the most mythical climbing performance of all cycling history by an 18-year old... Pablo Torres of Spain won the queen stage of the Tour de l'Avenir and put 3:43 minutes into his closest competitor Joseph Blackmore at the Colle delle Finestre. But amazingly, the Briton managed to sa...

Lidl-Trek are dominating the Deutschland Tour and have now won their fourth stage out of four. After the prologue, all three sprints have been won by current race leader Mads Pedersen or, as was the case today, Jonathan Milan who took his third win of the week.The breakaway of the day featured four...

Slovenian beats Enric Mas into second as Ben O'Connor retains lead but cedes 46 seconds to the stage winner

Stage 9 of the Vuelta a Espaa is an incredibly hard day in the mountains of Andaluzia. The fight for the red jersey will explode on the very steep Alto de Hazallanas which will be climbed twice and Ben O'Connor will have a very serious test in what is the final day of the first week. We preview the...

Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla) may have said he was disappointed at his form on the first uphill finish at La Vuelta but today the Irishman looked much closer to his old self as the road kicked up again. Having placed 14th yesterday in a sprint finish after the race was ripped apart by []The post Dunbar starts to build on Vuelta climbs as Rogli strikes to win | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

As reported yesterday, the rollout of the Dublin City Centre traffic plan starts this Sunday with bus gates at OConnell Bridge, but on the eve of the changes, theres still a lot of misinformation circulating. Heres myth buster:CLAIM: Cars will be banned from the city centre.Thats false! The city centre is the area between the canals, and the changes are mainly limited to the core city centre. But even in the core city centre, local access is being maintained.CLAIM: Most city centre businesses will close.Thats false! Different traffic surveys and shopper surveys show that most people coming into the city centre do not do so by car, especially in the core city centre. For those who still want to or need to use cars, access to all of the car parks and the central on-street parking is being maintained.CLAIM: Disabled people will not be able to access the city centre.Thats false! People with disabilities are a wide range of people and use various modes of transport, including walking, wheelchairs, mobility devices, bicycles, trams, buses, personal cars driven by others or themselves and taxis.For those using cars, access to all of the car parks and the central on-street parking is being maintained, and Dublin City Council is not planning to reduce the disabled parking bay. Most places in the city centre can be accessed without using the quays near OConnell Bridge, and many trips through the area are already quicker by avoiding Bachelors Walk.For those using buses and trams, their trips will be more reliable, and it will be less likely that somebody who is disabled will be left waiting at a bus or tram stop or waiting longer than needed on a tram or bus.CLAIM: There was no public consultation. Thats false! There was public consultation, which was one of the most widely covered public consultations by the media. It was followed by more in-depth consultation with disability groups, businesses, and business groups that requested it. ALSO READ: Lets be honest: People can disagree with Dublins traffic plan, but anybody who didnt hear about it was living under a rock.CLAIM: Cars have to go somewhere, traffic will just move to other streets.Thats false! Following a similar level of changes across the last 20 years, traffic data shows that there has been a 48% evaporation of cars entering Dublin City Centres streets at peak times. So, there is both local and international evidence that traffic evaporation is a real thing.The critical thing is that evidence shows that people can and have switched from making trips by car to at least making some trips by walking, cycling, or using public transport. CLAIM: It will increase congestion and air pollution.Thats false! While people against sustainable transport projects often make this claim, measures prioritising sustainable transport have been proven to reduce air pollution. For example, the promotion of sustainable transport and the reduction of space for cars in Paris is linked to a 65% decrease in NO2 emissions and a 36% decrease in PM. CLAIM: Public transport needs to be improved first and Its the cart before the horse.Thats a circular argument! Improving public transport is at the core of the transport plan, so these arguments basically amount to saying that you have to improve public transport before you take action to improve public transport. Its a circular argument which makes no sense.More people than ever are using buses now, and the frequency of many routes has been improved. As part of the BusConnects roll-out, more routes will be improved within weeks. Action is needed to improve bus priority.CLAIM: MetroLink and/or Dart expansion is needed firstThats false! While this is a bit subjective, were talking about 200 private vehicles per hour on Bachelors Walk on the north quays and 390 vehicles per hour on Burgh Quay on the south quays. Even combined with further changes as part of the plan, were not talking about metro-level changes.MetroLinks capacity is around 20,000 passengers per hour. For context, the existing passenger carrying capacity of a single Green Line tram is 408 people per tram, and for buses, its around 80-100 people per Dublin Bus.The capacity increases needed to accommodate the changes are closer to what is being provided by the current BusConnects rollout of more frequent bus routes. Additional intercity rail services have been added, and new carriages are being added to Intercity and long-distance railcars.